Most of the names popular in Ireland today — names like Jack, Sarah, Adam and Emma — are easy to pronounce. But others can be tricky for non-Irish-speakers to decipher. So, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here are some Irish names and their pronunciations.

Keep in mind that these pronunciations may not cover all dialects of Irish.

P.S. In the cases above, mh and s sound like v and sh. In other cases, though, mh makes a w-sound, and s goes back to sounding like an s. The pronunciation of mh and s in any given word depends upon the nearby vowels.